While he was working with his father he attended evening classes at the People's College which had been opened by a Mr. Bailey, Congregational minister. Here among other subjects he studied Greek with Mr. Moorhouse, who afterwards became the Bishop of Manchester. Having decided to be Jo Minister he went to Airedale College, Bradford, in 1850, Where he spent five years. He accepted an invitation to the pastorate of the Congregational Church at Barnard Castle, and was married on July 1,
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